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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

French AI summit to focus on environmental impact of energy-hungry tech

Illustration with logos for OpenAI, ChatGPT, Google Bard, Bing
Google and Microsoft have both said their AI strategies rely on energy-hungry datacentres to develop and operate AI models. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty

World leaders at the next AI summit will focus on the impact on the environment and jobs, including the possibility of ranking the greenest AI companies, it has been announced.

Rating artificial intelligence companies in terms of their ecological impact is among the proposals under consideration, while other areas being looked at include the effect on the labour market, giving all countries access to the technology, and bringing more states under the wing of global AI governance initiatives.

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